A thread where I discuss and share things in regards to sexology.
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An overlooked aspect of feminine beauty, in my opinion, are women's feet; most often, when people think of feminine aesthetics, they imagine the breasts, legs, gluteus maximus, and face. But how often do you hear people discuss the beauty of women's feet? Not very often. It's not that they are completely overlooked; women do take the time to buy nice heels, get pedicures, and so on. But, to me, it just seems like this subject should be explored more.
I've always been attracted to women with pretty feet; there's just something so sensual about the the arches, softness, and smoothness. They compliment the rest of the female body quite well. I speculate that aesthetic feet are a sign of fertility and general well-being. Most often, from my observation, physically attractive women have pretty feet, too. I think there is some sort of correlation.
From an early age, I've been attracted to female feet, more than any other body part, and to a lesser extent, hands. Growing up, I thought I was weird, because foot fetishism was rarely a topic of discussion and exploration in our culture, for whatever reasons. Perhaps it has something to do with our religion, there's a lot of foot washing and whatnot going on in the bible. Wouldn't want to risk associating that with anything sexual, now would we? Incidentally, I remember reading the Catholic Church made it illegal to bear ones feet in public, two or three centuries ago, in the America, or Europe, can't remember which.
Some people find feet disgusting, but most of them are the same sort of folk who'd happily bury their faces in an asshole. Perhaps this a reason why feet are considered a little taboo, you either love them or hate them. Until only very recently, due to poverty and the like, peasant feet would've been among the most unkempt and haggard parts of the body, as many people prior to modernity, didn't have footwear, or had very poor footwear, and worked long hours, standing all day long on their feet, perhaps that's part of the reason why, they have a mixed reputation.
Yeah it's funny how women spend so much time on them, and then some of them look at you funny when you tell them you're really into feet or footwear. It's sort of schizophrenic. It's funny how the conscious and subconscious parts of the mind can be operating on two different wavelengths.
I like everything about them, so long as they're clean and looked after, I like the color, the scent (though my sense of smell doesn't work so good anymore), the curves...
As for evolutionary explanations, feet are an integral part of the body, just as, if not more than other parts, so it should come as no surprise we have become adept at judging them, as malformed feet could impede ones chances of surviving and thriving, and could be an indication of other malformations, as the body is fundamentally a whole, if there's a glitch here or there, chances are it's systemic.
Another, more psychological explanation for why feet are so attractive, is because they spend most of their time covered up, and people tend to notice what's normally covered up, when it's finally unveiled. A lot of other things are covered up for sexual reasons, so many of us could've developed this subconscious association between feet and sexuality. They could be perceived as like a sign of intimacy, as we only see our families bare feet, growing up. There could also be an element of domination/submission at play, like if soles are exposed, it could be perceived as an indication that that person is ready for sex, or to hold another's feet, is to prevent them from fleeing, or to be under another's feet, is to be dominated, so you can see how feet could be used to express domination/submission, perhaps more than others parts, and then of course, they're also very sensitive and sensual(can be tickled), further enhancing their sexuality and implications for psychosocial-sexual domination/submission. I wouldn't be surprised if BDSM is more prevalent among foot fetishists than people without them.
reasonvemotion
Gender : Posts : 681 Join date : 2013-01-09 Location : The Female Spirit
While working in a crisis support centre, via telephone, I had a caller who wanted to know what I was wearing on my feet, was I wearing thongs. We kept talking and then he asked me the question again, he described to me something fairly similar to what both of you have written. His comments became less and less until I could only hear his breathing. I asked him, "are you masturbating" then I heard, "aaaaaaaaaaah". My first experience of foot fetish.
Can I ask do you reveal this fetish early in a relationship?
dannerz
Gender : Posts : 32 Join date : 2014-02-21 Location : edmonton alberta
Make sure to wipe your feet before entering this thread
_________________ And here we always meet, at the station of our heart / Looking at each other as if we were in a dream /Seeing for the first time different eyes so supreme / That bright flames burst into vision, keeping us apart.
While working in a crisis support centre, via telephone, I had a caller who wanted to know what I was wearing on my feet, was I wearing thongs. We kept talking and then he asked me the question again, he described to me something fairly similar to what both of you have written. His comments became less and less until I could only hear his breathing. I asked him, "are you masturbating" then I heard, "aaaaaaaaaaah". My first experience of foot fetish.
Can I ask do you reveal this fetish early in a relationship?
I can't breath.
reasonvemotion
Gender : Posts : 681 Join date : 2013-01-09 Location : The Female Spirit
Ha! I marvelled at the time how adept the guy was in getting his organism, free from a call centre.
I don't wish to ridicule this topic, as it is interesting, in as much as it could cause problems in a relationship for some.
No worries; I found your story to be hilarious XD. And that's, precisely, why I don't let my girlfriends know right away that I have a " foot fetish "; the term has too many negative connotations of creepy, sexual-weirdo types. I'm more subtle about how I convey my appreciation for female feet. I do it by offering to give a foot massage. I observe their reactions, how they like it. From there, I may escalate it by giving kisses on their feet. Most of the women I've been with, really, like it. But few of them were ambivalent about it.
Ha! I marvelled at the time how adept the guy was in getting his organism, free from a call centre.
I don't wish to ridicule this topic, as it is interesting, in as much as it could cause problems in a relationship for some.
No worries; I found your story to be hilarious XD. And that's, precisely, why I don't let my girlfriends know right away that I have a " foot fetish "; the term has too many negative connotations of creepy, sexual-weirdo types. I'm more subtle about how I convey my appreciation for female feet. I do it by offering to give a foot massage. I observe their reactions, how they like it. From there, I may escalate it by giving kisses on their feet. Most of the women I've been with, really, like it. But few of them were ambivalent about it.
So what's the time interval at which you're asking for a full foot-job?
Satyr Daemon
Gender : Posts : 37200 Join date : 2009-08-24 Age : 58 Location : Hyperborea
A fetish involving the weight bearing parts of the human body. The feet balance, connect us to the earth - our heads may have evolved to rest high above it all, but the feet remain grounded. Mobility - the possibility of options in a pragmatic sense.
Feet are covered, conspicuous. They go unnoticed, unless they find themselves in some rare horizontal encounter. Feet connected to legs, attached to those secret private parts. To see them is to see the buried foundations of a mysterious temple. The mind begins down low....in the subterranean abysses, and then discovering a buried column he digs and digs exposing it slowly...leaving the Goddess head for last.
When a woman is placed on a pedestal it is her legs that play the part. And the feet, buried in the mud, hold her up above...into the heavens.
How do many slavish worshipers enter a temple? Crawling on its floors.
It's, basically, epidemic at this point that many females are not enjoying sex with their significant others, or rather not enjoying the full potential of sex. There are a lot of factors at play for why this is. The major factors I want to discuss are male selfishness and lack of passionate/spiritual sex. Even though I'm a guy, I'm not biased in acknowledging that males, in general, are too selfish in the bedroom; we expect women to go down on us first and so on. many guys just think about receiving pleasure, as opposed to giving it. This mentality is causing females to become sexually frustrated. If only more men would go down on their partners, and really figure out what turns them on, then I kid you not, we wouldn't hear about this problem so much.
The other factor I mentioned is the lack of passionate sex. Porn is sort of responsible for this; it makes sex out to be superficial, exaggerated, insincere. I think that the West should be introduced to tantra more often for this reason; it would bring back the profundity of sex. I mentioned before in another thread that I've achieved heightened states of awareness upon sexual-climax when fornicating with women, when truly and passionately loving them. It's a very spiritual/religious experience.
Conclusion: Bring back the masculine/feminine dynamic and sacredness of sex.